Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Tamar

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tamar
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

133

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1915Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

42.1%

2024

All-time

6,083

Tamar has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 133 girls were named Tamar.

In 2024, only 77 girls were given the name.

Down 42.1% from its peak.

All told, about 6,083 Americans have been named Tamar and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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